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Marlene actor Merle Dandridge reprising role for HBO’s The Last of Us series

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With HBO and PlayStation Production set to begin filming their television adaptation of the hit PlayStation video game The Last of Us in July, the series has added another member to its cast.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Merle Dandridge, who originally played Marlene in The Last of Us video game series, has now signed on to reprise […]

Next Game of Thrones spin-off 10,000 Ships sets sail with Helstrom writer

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HBO is sailing full speed ahead with another of its Game of Throne prequel spin-offs as Deadline reports that 10,000 Ships has gained Amanda Segel (Helstrom) as its lead writer.The series will take place 1,000 years before Game of Thrones and follow “the journey made by warrior queen Princess Nymeria and the surviving members of the Rhoynars, who […]

Jason Schwartzman, Eric Roberts and Eric Andre join The Righteous Gemstones Season 2

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The second season of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones has added Jason Schwartzman (Fargo), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) and Eric Andre (Bad Trip) to its cast.The Righteous Gemstones is the third HBO series from McBride, Hill and Green after Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, and revolves around the Gemstones, a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed […]

First look images from Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon

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HBO has released the first images from the Games of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon which offer a look at Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon – ‘The Sea Snake’, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower; […]

Alexander Skarsgård joins season 3 of Succession

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HBO has announced Alexander Skarsgård (Godzilla vs. Kong) has been cast in the upcoming third season of the hit series Succession.Skarsgård will star as Lukas Matsson, “a successful, confrontational tech founder and CEO.” He joins Hope Davis (Your Honor) in the series, who was recently cast as the daughter to one of Logan Roy’s longtime business […]

Lena Headey joins HBO Watergate drama The White House Plumbers

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Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey is the latest to join HBO’s upcoming Watergate miniseries The White House Plumbers, which follows the infamous political scandal that Richard Nixon’s presidency. She join Woody Harrelson (Venom: Let There Be Carnage), Justin Theroux (On The Basis of Sex) and Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) in the series.The […]

HBO adds Domhnall Gleeson to Watergate series The White House Plumbers

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Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) is set to star in HBO’s upcoming political series The White House Plumbers that covers the Watergate scandal that ended Richard Nixon’s presidency, according to Deadline. He joins Woody Harrelson (Venom: Let There Be Carnage) and Justin Theroux (On The Basis of Sex) in the series.The White […]

Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott star in trailer for HBO’s Oslo

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HBO has released the first trailer for the political drama Oslo. Based on the true story of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, and adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same name, the film is directed by Bartlett Sher and stars Ruth Wilson as Norwegian foreign minister Mona Juul and Andrew Scott as Mona’s […]

Fire will reign as Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon begins production

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A new era in the world of Game of Thrones has officially begun as HBO has confirmed that the upcoming GOT prequel series House of the Dragon has started its production.House of the Dragon will follow the story of the Targaryen family in Westeros, set 300 years before the events in the Game of Thrones […]